In this very much delayed episode, we discuss NYCC 2009: sights, sounds, and interesting happenings.

 

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So, you may have noticed that it’s been awhile since we had a new episode from Four Color Heroines. We did record two shows over the holiday break with wonderful guest Ariel Silvera of Prepare for Trouble, but due to technical mishaps such as a Trojan sneaking in with the Skype update and a semi-hectic real life schedule, it will be a few more weeks before they’ll be out.

Thank you for you patience!

In this episode, we play our interviews with Andrea Bell of Girl-Wonder.org’s Mistress, Nena Di, writer/artist of the webcomic Heard, and various different costumed folks (check out their photos and shots of us at the table here), as well as our Con stupid question. We also discuss Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard in the next Iron Man movie, Superman and Christ metaphors, and the controversies surrounding the Watchmen movie.

See the other responses to our question here!

 

 Interviews: Views from Dragon*Con 2008 [54:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, we talk about all the goodies we’re going to have at our Dragon*Con table, from Girl-Wonder.org t-shirts for sale (front and back) to Nena Di, writer/artist of the webcomic Heard, and Andrea Bell of Girl-Wonder.org’s Mistress doing sketches, shaking hands, and selling some of their own work, and a few panels we’ll be covering, including the “Guys and Dolls. Well, Okay, It’s Really Only About Dolls…” panel. Also, be sure to check out the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project.

 

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So, what is your most memorable “jump the shark” moment in a comic?

In this episode Kate and Kim interview Valerie D’Orazio, Friends of Lulu president and blogger at Occasional Superheroine, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, president of the Ormes Society and blogger at Digital Femme, costumers from Skin Tight USA, Phil Hotsenpiller of Armageddon Now, Tyler Chin-Tanner of Adrenaline, and Thom Zahler of Love and Capes.

Due to a technical glitch, both copies of the original episode we recorded in mid-July were unusable. We were unable to find the time to re-record the show, so it is presented without commentary.

 

 NYCC: The Interviews, Part 2 [18:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Thoughts?

In this episode Kate interviews J. Camper, Abby Denson, the creators of Action Philosophers, Alisha Harris, Christine Norrie, Leigh Dragoon, Lucy Knisley, Marguerite Dabaie, Molly Crabapple, C. Spike Trotman, and Tara McPherson live at MoCCA. Due to the number of interviews and a lack of time, they have been compiled without host commentary.

 

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Share your thoughts on the forum!

In this episode we take a break from interviews to discuss two topics: sci-fi and comic creators with “the brain eater” and two summer comic book movies, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Our guest this show is Karen Healey, board president of Girl-Wonder.org and blogger at Girls Read Comics (And They’re Pissed).

Also, check out our photos from NYCC, including some of the fans we interviewed.

 

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What comic creators do you think have the brain eater, or do you agree/disagree with some of our assessments?

In this episode we discus interviews from NYCC with Colleen Doran, Mark Sable, Josh Dysart, Jim Butcher, and several different costumers, cross-dressing in superhero costuming, how female costumers are treated at conventions, and why we like or dislike Kingdom Come. Our stupid question is a classic: Who would win, Batman or Superman? Due to the number of interviews, we have no fourth heroine.

 

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So, who would win?

In this episode we discuss reactions to the Girls Who Kick Ass panel and the future of Women in Comics panels. We open with a section of our interview with Colleen Doran, who expresses her feelings on being placed on the panel and why she chose not to attend.

What do you think of Women in Comics panels at future cons?

 

 Interviews: Thoughts on Girls Who Kick Ass [21:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode we talk about the process of editing a comic book, take a closer look at lettering and word balloons, discuss then-upcoming panels at NYCC, the ImageSexT conference and comics scholarship, and put a good word in for the Stumptown Comics Fest, at which Girl-Wonder.org will also be tabling. This month’s stupid question is from past guest Betty: “How do they repair the Invisible Jet if they can’t see it?”

This month’s guest is Rachel Edidin, an Assistant Editor at Dark Horse Comics and writer of the column Inside Out.

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So, where would you dispose of your Invisible Jet parts?

 

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Keep an eye out for our logo at NYCC, and friend us at our brand new Myspace page!

So, what do you think fanboys really want?

 

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In this episode we discuss Pride High, creating an indie and LGBT focused-comic, and dealing with death in comics, especially death of minorities. The second half focuses on musicians in comics and bad music comics, inspired by the then-new release of Britney Spears’ latest video, Break the Ice. Comics discussed are Princess Ai, John Constantine in Marquee Moon, the Kid ‘N Play comic, the Avril Lavigne manga Make 5 Wishes, the Backstreet Project, the upcoming Fall Out Boy comic,Weird Al’s “Close but No Cigar” video, and the brief Marvel Music imprint. We close by answering a stupid question from past guest Kadorienne: “Sort the superheroes into the Hogwarts Houses or, to make it shorter, name the ones that aren’t Gryffindor.”

This episode’s guest is Tommy Roddy, writer of the indie comic Pride High.

Let us know what house you would sort your favorite comic character into.

 

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This rant wasn’t exactly planned, but after having my eyes opened to the unacceptable lack of vegetables in comics, I’ve taken a minute to highlight some of the few vegpositive heroes available to vegetable-lovers.

If you’d like to support vegetable representation directly, copies of The SNAK Posse are available on Amazon.com.

 

 Special Episode: An Issue of Underrepresentation [2:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode we discuss webcomics, webcomic demographics, webcomics we like, and answer two stupid questions: “How can The Thing have sex safely? Does he ejaculate?” and “What’s your favorite sound effect?” See Wally Wood’s comic here. This month’s guest is Kel McDonald, writer and artist of Sorcery 101. Unfortunately, due to a technical mishap a large section of our discussion with Kel was lost to the ether of the internet. I’ve attempted to reconstruct as much as I can.

Kel’s recommendations: Bayou, Dark Horse Presents, Dice Box, Family Man, GunnerKrigg Court, Kukuburi, Nobody Scores

Hannah’s recommendations: I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space, The Tower, The Non-Adventures of Wonderella (which I forgot to mention during the show, but is a witty, topical, and hysterical parody on superhero comics)

Kate’s recommendations: Sugarshock, Penny Arcade

Kim’s recommendations: General Protection Fault, PvP, Planet Karen

 

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Let us know your thoughts on the Thing’s sex life or vote for your favorite sound effect!

In this episode we discuss crossovers, guest star syndrome, the stupidity of Gene Simmons, representation of religion in comics books, our favorite holiday specials (link to scans from the Warrior Christmas Special [NOTE: None of those on this podcast endorse the language used in this article; this is unfortunately the only source of scans currently available. Trigger warning for those sensitive to suggestions of rape.]) and answer CEOIII’s stupid question: “In a bar (not Warriors) are the following: Lobo, Wolverine, Guy Gardner.

The Punisher walks in, goes to the bar, starts pounding them back. (Say the aforementioned trio are at a table.)

After 30 minutes, they start looking at each other. Not saying anything, just some very dirty looks.

10 minutes after the looks start, the Wrecking Crew walks it.

The question: At what point do you call the cops? When the first 3 walk in, when Pun walks in, when the looks start, when the Crew walks in, or do you just check your insurance, then set up a video camera and hope for the best?”

This episode’s guest is Lisa Fortuner, also known as Ragnell of the Written World, Blog@Newsarama, and When Fangirls Attack!

Let us know how much you would charge pay-per-view!

 

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In this episode we discuss When Fangirls Attack!, the women in comics linkblog, artists’ depiction of women (link to the page mentioned), the imaginative scope of Green Lanterns, and answer two stupid questions: “How many Bat mites does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” and “How did Marvel Comics mercenary Razorfist dress himself, or go to the bathroom?” This month’s guest is Lisa Fortuner, also known as Ragnell of the Written World, Blog@Newsarama, and When Fangirls Attack!

Look for the continuation of our discussion with Lisa on religion in comics and our favorite holiday specials later this month!

Let us know who you would pay to screw in your lightbulbs.

 

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In this episode, we discuss interviews with Erica Friedman, Rica Takashima, and Althea Keaton recorded live at Yurisai. Both Rica’s and Althea’s work can be purchased at the Yuricon site; for more information on Yuri and Yuricon itself, visit Yuricon.org. Our guest for this podcast is Kadorienne.

Share your thoughts on yuri.

 

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This (late) month’s episode focuses on the New Avengers Tigra Fight, Rob Liefeld’s thoughts on Alan Moore, and Benel R. Germosen’s Stupid Question: Why don’t superheroes just offer supervillains Hostess fruit pies like they do in the ads? Our guest is Kadorienne, who has presented panels at Anime USA on the Takarazuka Revue and Joho Manga.

Give us your reason why they’ve not yet revived the Hostess ad for a new generation of readers. 

 

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In this episode we interview Elizabeth McDonald (Betty on the Girl-Wonder forums) on the beginning of G-W.org, their philosophy, and the future of the organization/site, including the upcoming Art Et Cetera Auction. Images and prices of all the cool stuff Kate and Hannah bought from Dragon*Con can be found here.

Donate to or tell us what you think about our ninja monkey minion fund.

 

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Men in dresses, bad morals, and Wonder Woman: Androgynous?

In this episode, we discuss interviews with Ted Naifeh, Brian Pulido, Bill Holbrook, Cully Hamner, John “The Gneech” Robey, Stehpanie Gladden, Adam Hughes, Arthur Suydam, Michael Avon Oeming, Peter David, and Kittyhawk recorded live at D*Con.

Look forward to our regular episode with guest Betty of Girl-Wonder.org later this month!

Questions, comments, know of a butch female we missed? Let us know!

 

 Interviews from Dragon*Con: Attack of the Whale She-Rambos [38:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download